Blog - Delft-FEWS

On June 15 and 16, 2023 Hydrotec and Deltares invited to the "Regional Delft FEWS User Meeting 2023". We were happy that the event could take place in person again this year, but also offered the possibility for online participation.

On Tuesday 6 June, the Dutch Delft-FEWS community gathered in Delft for the annual Delft-FEWS User Day. Roughly 70 people had signed up, most of which are working for one of the 21 waterboards in the Netherlands, who have regional systems in place. There were also representatives present from the government (Rijkswaterstaat), consultants (who may work together with the waterboards), universities, and other stakeholders in water engineering.

Are you curious how to configure a selection of features from the Delft-FEWS 2022.02 release? On Thursday, the 9th of March 2023, Erik Pelgrim (Delft-FEWS developer) and Gerben Boot (Delft-FEWS Product Manager) presented the webinar Delft-FEWS 2022.02 New Features.

In this blog Delft-FEWS Product Management looks back to 2022. "Last year, the development team was finally able to get back to work in the office. A good time to reflect on our way of working and make some improvements." says Nadine Slootjes

The Delft-FEWS User Days was live again! After 2 years of online meetings, we could finally meet in person again and it did not disappoint. More than 100 FEWS users from around the world spend these two days together and celebrated the 18th birthday of our user community! 

4 speakers provided updates for the North American FEWS Community yesterday. Within 45 minutes, the presenters got quickly to the point.

Are you curious about how to configure some of the (new) features in the Delft-FEWS 2022.01 release? On September 29th, 2022, Indra Marth (Delft-FEWS configurator) and Gerben Boot (Delft-FEWS Product Manager for developments) hosted the "Delft-FEWS 2022.01 New Features" webinar.

On September the 6th Marcel Ververs and Indra Marth visited the Deltares clients of the Austrian Delft-FEWS systems in Linz. Getting to know each other in person was a good start for Indra’s new role as account manager for Austria. It was interesting to hear how the different FEWS Systems are used and to discuss possible future developments based on the users’ wishes. We exchanged a lot of input to process and to pick up.

The "Regional Delft FEWS Meeting 2022 for German Speaking Users" took place on 20 June 2022. Hydrotec and Deltares had invited everyone from the German speaking Delft-FEWS community to attend. More than 40 users and interested parties participated in the digital event and took the opportunity to exchange insights on current applications and processes, and learn about recent innovations.

On June 9th a Canadian Delft-FEWS User Day took place in Canmore, Alberta. In recent years many Canadian agencies, companies and researchers have adopted the Delft-FEWS platform for their flood and inflow forecasting, reservoir management and research, and it was about time they would be able to meet in person.

Do you want to learn how to configure some of the (new) features in the Delft-FEWS 2021.02 release? On Wednesday, April 13th, Erik Pelgrim (Delft-FEWS developer) and Gerben Boot (Delft-FEWS Product Manager for developments) hosted the "Delft-FEWS 2021.02 New Features" webinar. 

The world has recently experienced a series of very severe and extensive weather events. Floods in Germany, Canada, and China; heat waves and wildfires in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Russia, and the United States; and heat waves in the Pacific NW and Siberia resulted in massive damage and many casualties.